Unified Child Protection Information System to Be Developed

A meeting was held to discuss the development of a “Unified Child Protection Information System” as part of efforts to enhance child protection in Mongolia.

Following the implementation of the Child Protection Law, N. Bayarmaa, Director of the Family Policy Department at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Protection, and N. Munkhsanchir, Director of the Department of Digital Development and Big Data, delivered a presentation on the “Legal Framework for Child Protection and Big Data in the Digital Age.”

The Child Protection Law, enacted in 2016, mandates the establishment of a “Unified Information Database” to collect data on children in vulnerable situations, those calling the emergency hotline (108), and children engaged in risky activities like horse racing. This information is consolidated into a national database. However, improvements are still needed to effectively utilize this data across the country.

For example, if a child in the Tonkhil sum of Gobi-Altai province is identified as being in a high-risk situation, case management methods will be used to define the steps for protecting the child. Case management involves collecting and organizing information to build a unified database that supports child protection.